CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: Statement of the problem
THE ESQUIRES OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD:
Their Families
Appointment
Classification
Services
Rewards
Marriage
Careers of the Esquires of 1368
THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
THE CUSTOMS
SIR JOHN DE BURLEY
SIR EDWARD DE BERKELEY
SIR THOMAS DE PERCY
SIR WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP
RICHARD FORESTER
HENRY SCOGAN
OTO DE GRAUNSON
BUKTON
CHAUCER'S CAREER AND HIS RELATION TO JOHN OF GAUNT
CHAUCER'S RELATION TO RICHARD II
SOME GENERAL POINTS